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Thursday, June 24,1993
The Battalion
Lady Aggie to play in U.S. Olympic Festival
Canada selected to South Team; tournament held July 24-28 in San Antonio
By MARK SMITH
The Battalion
Texas A&M Lady Aggie basketball
player Donyale Canada will be participat
ing at the 1993 Olympic Festival. Canada,
a sophomore guard, was selected to play
for the South Team at the festival to be
held in San Antonio.
Canada said she was excited about be
ing named to the team. "It lets me know
where I stand," she said. "It's a good con-
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A&M's Donyale Canada drives past Rice's Yolanda Stinter in the Lady Aggies 73-61
vidory in February. Canada has been selected to play in the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival.
fidence builder."
Lady Aggie head basketball coach
Lynn Hickey said in a press release, "We
are very proud and exited that Donyale
did such a good job at the tryouts. This
will be a great experience for her, and it is
a good reflection on our basketball pro
gram."
Canada was selected to the South
Team, one of four regional teams that will
compete in the festival July 24-28.
Canada said she was plagued by a lack
of confidence before the tryouts began.
"I didn't feel very confident at first, but
when I got there the competitive spirit in
me came out," Canada said.
Hickey said Donyale's confidence will
increase with more experience on the
court.
"She is a great natural athlete," Hickey
said. "She can run and jump and do all of
that. All she needs is to play some bas
ketball this summer."
Canada said she managed to stay re
laxed up until the end. "For me it wasn't
tense until that final cut," Canada said.
Canada said it was nice to talk to some
of the other athletes from around the
country.
"There were a lot of girls that you had
heard of at the tryouts, but then you get
to talk with them on their level," Canada
said.
Hickey said the South Region was the
toughest to qualify for because of the
large number of quality basketball pro
grams in the south.
A panel of coaches makes the final de
cision on who makes the regional teams.
"I guess I caught their (the coaches')
eyes," Canada said.
Hickey was pleased that Canada
would have the chance to play with the
other Festival participants.
"To be able to play with this caliber of
players for three weeks will do her good,"
Hickey said.
As a Lady Aggie freshman, Canada
played in all 27 games, starting 11. A 5-
foot-4-inches product of Austin's Reagan
High School, Canada averaged 4.5 points
per game and 1.6 rebounds per game for
the 1992-93 season.
The tournament at the Festival will be
a round-robin format. The two teams
with the least amount of losses will play
ip the gold medal game.
Page 3
Multi-sports complex construction
Student response varies
By MATTHEW J. RUSH
The Battalion
The new recreational sports com
plex had its beginnings in 1987. The
designers saw a need to either improve
the existing facilities. Deware Field
House and Downs Natatorium, or as it
came to be, construct a new one.
According to the legislation that
was not passed in 1991 - four years af
ter its introduction into the Student
Senate - the idea of constructing such a
multi-purpose facility was to have an
increase in participation among the
students.
The plan was then opened to stu
dent body voting, which was success
ful in its first vote in April 1992. The
vote approved a student fee of about
$50 that would appear on the tuition
slip each semester, like that of a com
puter usage fee, Aggie Bucks or a meal
plan.
The $36.4 million complex is sched
uled to be completed in January 1995,
but these fees are scheduled to be im
plemented within the next year.
The attitude of the student body is
somewhat mixed in their opinions
about the new complex.
Melissa Gressett, a freshman from
Midland, said that she would probably
use the facility, but worries that the de
molition of Deware and Downs may
be unjust.
"I'll probably use it and the indoor
rock climbing structure will lure me
in," Gressett said. "It doesn't matter to
me if they tear the old one down, but
to alumni it might mean something."
The two structures, currently some
of the oldest buildings on campus, are
to be demolished upon completion of
the new sports complex.
The cleared area is scheduled to be
come additional parking, and to some
students this is more of a necessity
than keeping old buildings.
Tyler Herbst, a senior from Dallas,
said that parking and a new facility are
needed; however, he sees problems
with the assessed fee and the location
of the new complex.
"Personally, 1 think that people liv
ing on campus won't want to trek all
the way over there," Herbst said. "I'm
sure it will be done first-class, but un
less they build new dorms over on
west campus, there is a problem with
the Jocadon. Not only that, but I won't
even be here to use it."
Some students, like senior Jeramy
Sturgis, said the new complex will help
the recreational sports program. How
ever, they question the demolition of
"The new sports center is
a good thing. I don't
know about the tearing
down of Deware, except
that it will be good for
additional parking."
- Jeramy Sturgis
Class of '94
the old buildings.
"The new sports center is a good
thing," Sturgis said. "I don't know
about the tearing down of Deware, ex
cept that it will be good for additional
parking."
Other students said the fee is neces
sary and do not mind the $50 fee that
comes with it each semester. Jeff Sum
mers, a junior from Fort Worth, agrees
that the price tag is somewhat expen
sive, but sees it as necessary.
"I'm for it," Summers said. "I
shouldn't be selfish and not want to
pay for it. I'm sports minded and I
think it'll be more convenient, even
though I'll only be able to use it for one
semester."
Sheri Fossler, a sophomore from
Zionsville, Indiana, agrees with Sum
mers in her assessment of the fee.
"I think most would be willing to
tack on the fee to their statement," Fos
sler said. "The complex is a great idea
and A&M needs more athletic recre
ational facilities. Right now there is not
a whole lot of variety and I think most
students will use the new facility.
Overall, I think it's agreat idea."
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